Headlight



F. S. KERN.

, HEADLIGHT. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16. 1920.

1,417,607u Patented Mayan, 1922..

. UNITED fsrArE-s PATENT OFFICE.

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' HEADLIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application' ledt0ctober 16, 1920. Serial No. 417,368.

To allwbhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN S. KERN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at. Libertyville, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Headlights, of which p the following is a specification.

This -invention relates to headlights for automobiles and other vehicles and has for its principal object 'to provide simple and eiiicient lighting means for-the side of the roadl adj acentthe front wheels ofthe vehicle.'

As is well known the headlights now comgl monly. in use reflect their rays straight ahead and the side of the 'road adjacent the front wheels is not lighted so that it is not possible for the operator of the vehicle to see the side .of the road' to which he may be turning.

A further object of the invention is`to-pro-l nvide a headlight of this character which may :"b'e cheaply manufactured and which will be efficient and reliable linoperation so as to accomplish the function desired therefor.

In order that those skilled in this art may .have a .full understanding of the invention, I have .illustrated a desirable and preferred embodiment of the same in the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification, and throughout t same parts.-

In the drawing: Figure 1 is afront elevation of a vehicle showlng my headlights 'attachedtheretm e Figure 2 is a top .plan view ofthe vhead- I, lights, and

Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrow.

.Referring to the drawing in detail it will .be seen that 10 designatesv a vehicle of any.V

l preferred construction having the usual upintegral with right standards 11 for supporting the headlights 12 and 13. The headli ht 12 is disposed to the frightlof the /vehlcle while the,

eadlight 13 is disposed to the left thereof. Each headlight consists of a main lamp and a side lamp. The main lamp consists of the casing 14 havinga reflector 15 situated 'there- Ain and any preferred 'source of li ht 16. The side lamp comprises a casing 17 ormed the casing 14 and a reeetor 18 e various views of which likereference characters referto the which is attached to the'reiiector 15 by means of rivets 19'and supports the source of light 20. 4The main lamp is provided with .the circular window 21 while the side lamp i-s ,Patented May 3o, 1922.

provided with the window 22. n will be noted that the side lamp on the headlight 12 is disposed in the second quadrantof the window 21 so as to reflect the light in front and to the side of the left front wheel where. as the side lamp in the headlight 13 is disposed`in the third quadrant of the window 21 so as to throw its light in front and to the side of the front wheel to the right of the vehicle. It will. also be noted that the planes of the side lamps are disposed at angles to the plane of the windows of the main lamps and thus the lights from the side lamps will always be thrown tothe front of thevehicle and downwardly so as to in no way interfere with the operator of an oncoming vehicle.4

Obviously, the invention is not limited or restricted to theprecise, and exact details of construction as illustrated and described, be-

cause it is susceptible of a variety of embodiments, and manyl minor mechanical changes maybe made in such preferredincorporation fofthe invention without dep-arting from the substance or essence of the invention and without the sacrifice of any 4of its substantial benefits and advantages within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus descrlbed my inventionwhat I claim as new is:

In combination, a support, Va-pair of headl lights Jlnounted on the support 1n spaced relation to each other, each headlight comprising a main casing, areilector a source of light, and a window, and-a side lam comprising a casing formed integral vwlth the casin of the "headlight, a source of light, a re ector and a window for the side lamp, the plane of the windovw and the side lamp bein disposed atan angle to the lane of the f 

